CORRECTED-Texas man commits suicide with gun at NRA Sprint Cup race

April 14, 2013|Reuters

(Corrects headline to Sprint Cup race)

By Brendan O'Brien

April 14 (Reuters) - A Texas man used a gun to commitsuicide in the infield of a National Rifle Association-sponsoredNASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth late onSaturday, local authorities said.

Kirk Franklin, 42, of nearby Saginaw died after shootinghimself at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday during the NRA 500 Sprint Cuprace, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner.

Franklin was involved in a verbal altercation with otherrace spectators before the incident, said Daniel Segura, a FortWorth Police Department spokesman.

Franklin's body was found in the back seat of a truck,according to an online police report.

(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by EdithHonan and Eric Walsh)